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WINDLASS WATER BLEVTOR. No. 570,702. Patented Nov. 3, 1896.

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RICHARD WV. FARIS, OF MURFREESBOROUGH, TENNESSEE, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-FOURTH TO VILLIAM A. RANSOM, JR., OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,702, dated November 3, 1896. Application filed January 16 1896. Serial No. 575,754. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concer/L:

Be it known that I, RICHARD W. FARIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Murfreesborough, in the county of Rutherford and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Windlass Water Elevator, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to water-elevating apparatus designed to lift water from the well by means of a bucket and windlass, and aims to improve the framework for supporting the operating parts so that the person actuating the lifting mechanism will' be within easy reach of the bucket, and at the same time to improve the actuating mechanism so that the windlass can be thrown into or out of gear at will, and which will admit of the windlassactuating mechanism being operated by oscillating a lever, thereby dispensing with the ordinary crank usually employed for rotating the windlass of water-elevating apparatus.

Many other objects and advantages will become manifest as the nature of the invention is better understood; and to this end the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, substantially as herein illustrated, described, and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings is illustrated an adaptation of the invention, although slight changes in the details and arrangement maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention, and in said drawings- Figure l is a perspective view of the apparatus in its entirety. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the means for locking the ratchet-wheelto the windlass. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of the ratchet mechanism by means of which motion is imparted to the continuously-rotatedshaft by means of the oscillating lever. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the pinion, having the ratchet-teeth formed on its opposite sides. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the U-shaped casting for connecting the intercepted parts of the framework and in whichis mounted the segmental operating-lever. Fig. 7 is a sectional detail of thc ratchet mechanism by means of which motion is imparted to the apparatus from the operating-lever. Fig. Sis

a detail view of the outer end portion of the tubular extension provided on the side of the ratchet-wheel.

The same reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The framework is substantially L-shaped in plan elevation or is formed with one corner omitted, providing an angular indentation or recess 1, into which the person operating the apparatus enters, so as to be within easy reach of the bucket 2 and the operating-lever 3. The framework, which may be of any substantial construction, consists of upper and lower frames of similar formation, and comprises longitudinal beams and connecting cross-beams and uprights, which are secured together in any convenient and approved manner. One of the longitudinal beams, as 4, is intercepted near one end, and the intercepted parts are firmly attached to the side members of a U-shaped casting 5, the latter having outstanding ears 6, which are apertured for thel reception of the fastenings by means of which the castings and the parts of the framework bordering thereupon are connected together.

In order to strengthen the framework and prevent any movement of the casting 5, parallel posts 7 are located upon opposite sides of the said casting and are attached to the lower ears thereof, and are secured at their ends to the upper and lower longitudinal beams of the framework.

To brace the framework against the stress attendant upon the operation of the lever 3, the casting 5 is attached to the intercepted parts of the beam 4 by means of transverselyarranged tie-bars-S, which pass through the perforated ears vopposite to the beam 4 and through the corresponding longitudinal beam 9 opposite to the said beam 4, and the ends of the tie-bars are threaded and project beyond the longitudinal beam 9 and receivey Abinding-nuts l0, by means of which the tiebars are tightened, so as to compensate'for any wearing of the parts.

' A shaft l1 extends parallel with the longitudinal beams 4 and 9 and is mounted in bear ings provided upon the connecting crossbeams, and a gear-wheel l2 is sccurcd upon one end of the shaft 11 and meshes with a pinion 13 on the adjacent end of the shaft 1l, which is disposed at right angles to the shaft 1l and upon which is loosely mounted the windlass 15, upon which winds the hoistingrope 1G, by means of which the bucket 2 is raised and lowered into the well. A pinion 17 is loosely mounted on the shaft 11 opposite to the operating-lever 3, and is formed on each side with ratchet-teeth 1S, which are engaged by pawls 19, pivotally attached to the inner faces of plates or disks 20, adjustably secured upon the shaft 11 upon opposite sides of the said pinion 17. These plates or disks 20 have hub portions 2l, which are enlarged at one side and formed with threaded openings for the reception of binding-screws 22, by means of which the parts 2O are secured upon the shaft 1l in proper position. These plates or disks 20 have inwardly-extending annular flanges 23, which encircle and house the pawls 19, thereby preventing the lod gment of foreign matterv upon the pawls and the ratchet-teeth 1S, which would have a tendency to interfere with their efficient service. Vhile the pinion 17 is adapted to rotate freely upon the shaft 11, it is held from moving longitudinally thereon by being located between the platesor disks 20. The ratchet-teeth and pawls are so related that when the operatinglever 3 is elevated the said pawls will ride upon the ratchet-teeth, and when the operating-lever is lowering at its outer end the ratchet-teeth and pawls Will interlock and cause the pinion 17, plates 20, and shaft 11 to rotate in unison, so as to wind the hoisting-rope 1G upon the windlass 15 and elevate the bucket 2.

The operating-lever 3 is provided at lits inner end with a segmental head 2l, which is toothed, the teeth meshing with the teeth of the pinion 17 and for economy of construction the segmental head 24: is separate and distinct from the lever 3 and is attached thereto in any convenient manner. The lever, with its segmental head, is fulcrumed in the upper open end of the U-shaped casting 5, and the pin 25, upon which the said lever is mounted, is constructed so as to engage with the sides of the said casting 5 and prevent the spreading or separating of the same in the event of the separated parts of the longitudinal beam 4l being subjected to linear strain.

A ratchet-wheel 2G is secured upon the shaft 14 in approximate relation to a head of the windlass 15, and its teeth are engaged by means of a pawl 27, so as to prevent the unwinding of the hoisting-rope from the windlass after the bucket has been elevated to the required point. In order to cause the ratchetwheel, its shaft, and the windlass 15 to rotate in harmony, it has been found necessary to interpose a locking mechanism between the ratchet-Wheel and the windlass, which, in the present instance,consists of a spring-actuated bolt 2S, slidably mounted in a tubular extension 29, forming a part of and extending from the side of the ratchet-wheel 2G, and a series of openings 30 in the head of the windlass adjacent to the ratchet-wheel 26. bolt 23 has an annular stop 31 near its inner end, against which bears one end of the coilspring 32, mounted upon the said bolt, and the tubular extension 29 is formed with an annular shoulder or stop 33 near its outer end, against which abuts the outer end of the said coil-spring 32, and the outer portion of the locking-bolt is threaded, and a thumb or winged nut 34: is mounted thereon and serves as a means for actuating the locking-bolt when required. The outer end of the tubular extension 29 is provided with oppositelydisposed notches 35, in which are fitted the winged portions of the thumb-nut 34 when the locking-bolt is in engagement with one of the series of openings 30. Then it is required to release the windlass to admit of the hoist- Y ing-rope unwinding therefrom, the lockingbolt 2S is withdrawn from engagement with the windlass and is held out of operative relation by turning the thumb or winged nut 34 so that its wings or ostanding projec-` tions will be out of register with the notches 35 and engage with the terminal end of the tubular extension 29 at any point intermediate of the said notches 35.

Standards 36 rise vertically from the framework and are connected at their upper ends by a cross-bar 37, to which is fitted a pulley 33, over which passes the hoisting-rope, and

which is guided thereby when unwinding and winding upon the windlass.

Supposin g that the hoisting-rope is Wound upon the windlass and it be required to elevate a quantity of water from the Well, the locking-bolt 2S is withdrawn from engagement with the windlass and the latter Will rotate i The lockingroc nor`

cause the windlass to make a number of revo- Having thus described the invention, whatv is claimed as new is- In a Water-elevating apparatus, the combination of a framework having an angular indentation or recess at one corner and comprising parallel longitudinal beams and vertical posts, one of the longitudinal beams being intercepted near the extremity bordering upon the recess, and having vertical posts l0-v cated upon opposite sides of the space formed between the intercepted parts, a U-shaped casting interposed between 'and rmly attached to the intercepted parts of the beam and the vertical posts contiguous thereto, and having outstanding ears which are apertured, tie-bars passing through the upper apertured ears and connecting the casting to the'opposite longitudinal beam so as to brace the RICHARD W. FARIS. Witnesses:

S. B. ORANOR, W. R. SVINeLEToN. 

